Contents -- SESSION 1 REACH: OBJECTIVES AND CURRENT STATUS -- PREPARING FOR REACH THE NEW EU CHEMICALSREGULATION -- STATE OF PLAY AND LIKELY OR ACTUAL CHANGES -- SESSION 2 PREPARING FOR REACH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS -- REACH: Count down has started! -- REACH - THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONSOBLIGATIONS, PITFALS AND PRACTIACL GUIDANCE -- THE EFFECT OF REACH ON THE SUPPLY OFCHEMICALS IN THE EU -- WITHIN REACH OR STILL OUT OF TOUCH? WHAT ARE THEIMPLICATIONS FOR SUBSTITUTION? -- DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX REGISTRATIONSINVOLVING SPECIALITY CHEMICALS -- EXPLORING THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CHEMICALSUBSTITUTION -- SESSION 3 INFLUENCE OF REACH ON THE POLYMER SECTOR -- THE EFFECT OF REACH ON POLYMER MATERIALS -- THE IMPACT OF REACH ON A COATING SUPPLIER: REAL ORPERCEIVED OR UNABLE TO DECIDE AT PRESENT? -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REACH LEGISLATIONFOR THE PVC MANUFACTURER AND USER -- FLAME RETARDANTS AND REACH - HOW ADDITIVEPRODUCERS ARE PREPARING AND CARING -- REACH - A COMPANY'S PERSPECTIVE -- THE DISTRIBUTORS'S PERSPECTIVE -- SESSION 4 CASE STUDIES FROM THE CHEMICALS SUPPLY CHAIN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN DIALOGUE INENSURING THE SUCCESS OF REACH -- How to bring costs down by using the OSOR - principle -- THE NEW EU-CHEMICAL DIRECTIVE REACHHOW IS DEGUSSA DEALING WITH IT? -- WHAT DOWNSTREAM USERS SHOULD BE DOING NOW INORDER TO BOTH UNDERSTAND AND MITIGATE THE IMPACTOF REACH ON THEIR BUSINESS -- REACH AND THE RETAILER -- SESSION 5 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS -- REACH COMPLIANCE COSTS -- CONSORTIUM MANAGEMENT AND OTHER OPTIONS TOREDUCE COSTS UNDER REACH -- SESSION 6 TESTING, DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION SHARING -- AN OVERVIEW OF REACH TESTING REQUIREMENTS -- INTELLIGENT DATA COLLECTION IN STRATEGIES FORCHEMICAL SUBSTANCES UNDER REACH - A CASE STUDY -- REACH DATA SHARING AND CONSORTIA BUILDING -TECHNICAL ISSUES.

SESSION 7 LESSONS LEARNED AND OPPORTUNITES FOR THE FUTURE -- CASE STUDIES HIGHLIGHTING SPECIFIC APPROACHESBEING TAKEN TO PREPARE FOR REACH -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEP INNOVATIONIN A POST REACH WORLD.